United States Property And Fiscal Office for Tennessee, P.O. Box 40748, Powell Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37204-0748

69 -- EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING AIDS TO BE USED BY THE DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM POC Mrs. Jane Swafford, Contract Specialist, (615) 313-2656; LTC James L. Coonce, Contracting Officer, (615) 313-2650 The USPFO for Tennessee has a requirement for Equipment and Training Aids to be used by the Drug Demand Reduction Program to teach and strengthen resiliency factors among elementary through high school students. The equipment must be designed along the lines of a "ropes" or "confidence" course and must address teaching self confidence, self esteem, team building and group dynamics. It should contain a minimum of twenty training events that can be adopted for use at all age levels and must be fully transportable. The equipment must be designed with safety factors in mind and the use of which must not pose any unreasonable threat of injury to the participants. Initial training for personnel who will use the product must also be provided. This training must be presented to a minimum of fifteen persons in the Nashville, Tennessee vicinity with professional instructors traveling to this location. Issues addressed in the training will include set up and use of equipment, safety, care and maintenance. Instructors must be knowledgeable in the employment of resiliency factors in drug abuse prevention education and be able to teach facilitation techniques in using the equipment to teach and reinforce these factors in young people. Course materials, user guides, and manuals must be provided for each trainee. The Government considers the Mobile Team Challenger kit produced by Mobile Team Challenge Associates, LLC, Maryville, Tennessee as meeting the Government's requirements. Comparable training and equipment offered by other responsible offerors will be considered. Offerors may fax or express mail descriptive literature on their offered products. Please provide technical data to the USPFO for Tennessee, Purchasing and Contracting, P. O. Box 40748, Nashville, TN 37204-0748. This is not a Request for Quotation. Prospective vendors along with their technical data/descriptive literature will be received for five (5) working days from date of publication of this notice. USPFO fax number is (615) 313-2659. All responsible sources will be considered. Firms are asked to identify their size status; i.e. small, small disadvantaged, 8(a) or large. (0169)

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